The Kalkutan ( kk, Қалқұтан, ''Qalqūtan''; russian: Колутон, ''Koluton'') is a river of the
Akmola Region
Akmola Region ( kz, Ақмола облысы, translit=Aqmola oblysy; russian: Акмолинская область, Akmolinskaya oblast) is a centrally located region of Kazakhstan. Its capital is Kokshetau. The national capital, Astana, is en ...
,
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...
. It has a length of and the size of its basin is .
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Course
The Kalkutan is a right tributary of the
Ishim. It has its sources in lake
Shortankol, by
Novorybinka village. The river flows roughly westwards all along its course. It joins the right bank of the Ishim a little to the north of
Kalkutan railway station.
Its main tributaries are the long Talkara, the long Boksyk, the long Ashchysai, and the long Arshaly from the right.
See also
*
List of rivers of Kazakhstan This is a list of rivers of Kazakhstan, arranged by drainage basin. Tributaries are listed in order from mouth to source. Flowing into the Arctic Ocean Ob Irtysh (''Ertis'') River
* Tobol
** Ubagan
** Ayat
** Uy
** Syntasty
* Ishim
** Imanburlyq
* ...
References
Rivers of Kazakhstan
Ishim basin
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